WRITING RETREATS
The Life Righting Collective promotes the healing power of writing. Exploring your preoccupations and concerns through crafting memoir, fiction or poetry supports mental and emotional well-being.
These writing retreats provide a dedicated time away in a beautiful setting with fabulous vegetarian food, sumptuous accommodation and are facilitated by the award-winning author and poet, Dawn Garisch.
Please click on the tabs below for more information about the retreats.
Unlike our other courses, we are unable to sponsor participants on the retreats at present. Hopefully this will change if we are able to raise the necessary funds .
WRITING RETREAT FACILITATED BY DAWN GARISCH
Venue: Sunny Cove Manor, 3A Highway, Fish Hoek.
Duration: 5 days
Begins: 10am on Monday 5 December: Ends: noon on Sunday 9th December. ( This retreat is fully booked)
Number of participants: 6 participants and one facilitator.
Non-residential participants:
- R4 950.00 (food and fee)
Residential participants
- R7 850.00 all-inclusive
- en suite bathrooms with shower
- WiFi and USB connections
- a tea & coffee tray, and bar fridge.
- writing table and lamp
Rooms will be serviced every day; linen and towels changed every 3rd day.
All participants are welcome to use the Guest Lounge and outdoor terrace (weather permitting)
Meals
The cuisine is vegetarian, and a menu for breakfast, lunch and dinner will be provided daily. Meals are served in the communal dining room. Tea/coffee is available in individual rooms.
Sunny Cove staff are responsible for all catering and clean-up. LRC participants are there to just write! 🙂
Mealtimes:
Breakfast buffet: 8.00am – 8.30 am
Lunch: 1.00pm
Dinner: 6.00pm
Other Amenities:
SCM will provide a small bottle of hand sanitizer in each bedroom and a large one in the public rooms. There will also be boxes of tissues available. The televisions will remain switched off.
SCM has a pedestrian gate opening onto Simons town Road. Keys for the gate are available on request for people who want to cross the railway bridge and walk to the beach.
The building has a luggage lift to transport luggage to and from the first floor.
Payment:
Please pay a deposit of R2 500 by 21 October to reserve your place
Bank: First National Bank
Account Name: SCM Guesthouse (Pty) Ltd
Account No: 626 436 71 606
Branch Code: 20 23 05 (Fish Hoek)
Please use your surname as the reference.
Please pay the balance into the same account by Friday 18 November.
Cancellation: Please note that if anyone cancels after November 18th, for any reason whatsoever, you will forfeit 25% of the total fee.
See what previous participants have said:
The general setting was wonderful, great access for walks along the coast, as well as in the immediate neighbourhood. J.G
Delightful, spotless public rooms that are light, bright and airy. A freestanding wood-burning fireplace in the entrance hall heats the whole establishment and the fire place in the lounge is effective and creates great atmosphere. L.S.
The food was simply extraordinary! It was innovative, textured, tasty, varied and each meal, a visual and multi-sensory delight. L.S.
RHEENENDAL WRITING RETREAT FACILITATED BY DAWN GARISCH
Venue: The School, Rheenendal
Duration: 6 days
Dates: TBC
Number of participants: 6 participants and one facilitator.
ROOMS:
2 Rooms have Queen size beds, Cottage has either X 2 twin beds or King size bed
Elephant Room : Single or X 2 people sharing
Church Room : held for Dawn
Mud Cottage: Single or X 2 people sharing
All rooms have:
- ensuite bathrooms with shower
- WiFi and USB connections
- a tea & coffee tray, and use of large fridge
- writing table and lamp
Rooms are serviced every 2nd day; towels changed every 2nd day.
For alternative accommodation within close proximity please see:
https://woodlandsknysna.co.za/
https://www.cliffhangercottages.co.za/
Meals
Catering is vegetarian, and a menu is provided daily. Tea/coffee and snacks are available all day.
Mealtimes:
Breakfast buffet: 7.30am – 8.30 am
Lunch: 1.00pm (or later if requested)
Dinner: 6.30pm
Other Amenities:
A bottle of hand sanitizer in each bedroom and in the public rooms.
For those who love hiking, forest and beach walks, there are trails in the area. Permits are required for some – generally @ R 45 p.p. Janet is happy to guide walks or to drop off & collect those who want to go solo/ with a friend.
Buffels and Brenton offer stunning beach walks & swimming for the brave!
Cost for those staying at The School:
Rooms (B&B): R 660 per night sharing / R 550 single x 6 nights
Lunches/teas: R150 per person x 6
Dinner: R200 per person x 6
Facilitation (includes studio hire): R2600
TOTAL SINGLE: R 8000
TOTAL SHARING: R6680 each
Cost for the retreat and meals for those staying elsewhere:
Lunches/teas: R150 per person x 6
Dinner: R200 per person x 6
Facilitation (includes studio hire): R2600
TOTAL: R 4700
Payment:
FOR EARLY BIRD DISCOUNT ON ACCOMMODATION AND TO BOOK please contact Janet at janet@traffikstudio.co.za
FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE RETREAT please contact Dawn at dawn.garisch@gmail.com
Banking details:
NEDBANK Account name: J R MEINTJES Account number: 1001517938
See what previous participants have said:
The evening times of reading aloud were great: both as a source of inspiration in listening to others’ work, and also to get personal feedback. Dawn did an excellent job of facilitating and holding it all together. J.G.
By creating the safe spaces, the magical and mystical fire of creativity can burn. Thank you for the opportunity to let me pile my little logs on, you gave them space to ignite and burn. C.S.
The Life Righting Collective’s work supports mental and emotional wellbeing through life writing! With so many of us experiencing troubling times and difficulties in our lives, now, more than ever, is when we need to take good care of ourselves and nurture our creative spirits.
Please join us!
Love
And the LRC EXCO team
083 446 1161
